Will a "leanometer" lead to crashes?
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Took my S 1000 R for its first proper service yesterday. Rather than twiddle my fingers whilst they did the work I took out their RR demonstrator. 3 hours later I returned with a big grin on my face to find they had finished the service a while back. Oops!
The RR shows the angle of lean you have achieved on each ride (I assume it resets each time you turn the bike on). Can't help wondering that if I had an RR I would be tempted to try to get the bike over lower and lower to register bigger lean angles (until the inevitable happened). Anyone with an RR or bike with similar gadget been egged on to go lower than they normally would?
RR was lovely but it is nuts as a road bike. Reduced to riding around in second to try to get near the power band but 90 equates to just 8000 revs - only just over half the available revs. Great if you are a professional at the TT but for mere mortals on roads with other traffic it makes it difficult to access the performance available. Perhaps I should have been in first but that just feels wrong.
The RR shows the angle of lean you have achieved on each ride (I assume it resets each time you turn the bike on). Can't help wondering that if I had an RR I would be tempted to try to get the bike over lower and lower to register bigger lean angles (until the inevitable happened). Anyone with an RR or bike with similar gadget been egged on to go lower than they normally would?
RR was lovely but it is nuts as a road bike. Reduced to riding around in second to try to get near the power band but 90 equates to just 8000 revs - only just over half the available revs. Great if you are a professional at the TT but for mere mortals on roads with other traffic it makes it difficult to access the performance available. Perhaps I should have been in first but that just feels wrong.
Is this lets bash the S1000RR week? We've had it being the new gang bike used for drug running, the Ducati Mafia slating it as a GSXR1000 and now this thinly veiled dig around the power and way it delivers it.
In answer to the smokescreen question, a leanometer is a stupid gadget that means jack. I have pretty wide chicken strips on my road bike, as I don't see the need to lean anywhere near to the edge of the tyre. My trackbike is a different story, but I never look at the display on that anyway, apart from the rare, odd glance if I've lost count of gears.
In answer to the smokescreen question, a leanometer is a stupid gadget that means jack. I have pretty wide chicken strips on my road bike, as I don't see the need to lean anywhere near to the edge of the tyre. My trackbike is a different story, but I never look at the display on that anyway, apart from the rare, odd glance if I've lost count of gears.
LoonR1 said:
Biker's Nemesis said:
You pair of w
kers, thanks for the invite!
You're injured. Plus we did a crapy run round Hawes and Settle. It was wet and slippy and some of the roads were skers, thanks for the invite!t too. Not a great ride .....I would have come in the car. (my Focus can embarrass many cars and bikes and carry the sandwiches)
Biker's Nemesis said:
LoonR1 said:
Biker's Nemesis said:
You pair of wkers, thanks for the invite!
You're injured. Plus we did a crapy run round Hawes and Settle. It was wet and slippy and some of the roads were skers, thanks for the invite!t too. Not a great ride .....I would have come in the car. (my Focus can embarrass many cars and bikes and carry the sandwiches)
Biker's Nemesis said:
Jazoli said:
I thought you were broken too, sorry gramps.
Just a ruptured thigh muscle and 2 broken ribs and damage to the tendons in my shoulder.I should be fighting fit again soon.
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